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ReviewFrontiers in sleep2024

Sleep health challenges among women: insomnia across the lifespan.

Elizabeth Benge, Milena Pavlova, Sogol Javaheri

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Review in Frontiers in sleep, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Elizabeth BengeDivision of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Milena PavlovaDivision of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Sogol JavaheriDivision of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presentation of sleep disorders varies widely among women and men, and sleep disorders among women are frequently subject to under- and delayed diagnosis. Insomnia is a complex sleep disorder with a multifactorial etiology, and women face many sex-specific sleep health challenges that may contribute to and influence the presence of insomnia symptoms across their lifespan. These include sex differences in neurobiology, hormonal variation during menstruation, pregnancy and menopause, increased prevalence of mood disorders, increased vulnerability to adverse socioeconomic factors, and gender discrimination, among other psychosocial stressors, particularly among women of racial-ethnic minority. As the medical community continues to recognize the significance of sleep as a vital pillar of overall wellbeing, the integration of sex-specific considerations in research, diagnosis, and treatment strategies is essential to optimizing sleep health for women.

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gender discriminationinsomniamenopausepregnancywomen

Identifiers

PMID41424487
PMCPMC12713907

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